Wooden tool handle



Jan. 12-, 1926:. 1,569,533"

(1. BILGERY ET AL.

WOODEN TOOL HANDLE Filed. April 30 1923 Patented 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES CONSTANTIN BILGERY AND ALEXANDER REUTLINGIER, OFFRANKFOR'Il-ON-THE-MAIN,

GERMANY.

WOODEN TOOL HANDLE.

Application filed April 30, 1923. Serial No. 635,624.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, CoNsTANrrN BIL- cnnr and ALEXANDER REU'rnrNonn,citizens of the German Reich, residing at Frankfort-on-the-llfain,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VoodenTool Handles (for which we have filed application in Germany on May 12,1922), of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a wooden tool handle provided with a ferrulewhich is very durable and strongly holds the tool in place. Theessential feature of the tool handle consists in that a smooth stud isarranged at the front end of the handle in front of a threaded portion,and a ferrule having a smooth bore is sleeved on the stud.

Two embodiments of the invention are shown merely by way of example inthe accompanying drawings wherein;

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a preferred form of construction, parts beingshown in longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

3 is an elevation of a second form, parts being shown in longitudinalsection. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44: of Fig. 3.

The handle shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is designed especially for use withheavy tools and comprises a handle proper a of wood, with a threadedpart b and a smooth stud (l projecting from the threaded part andfurnished with a bore 0 designed to receive the tang of the too]. Themetal ferrule 71 having at the inner end of its otherwise smooth bore 7several internal screw threads g, is passed over the stud (Z andthreaded to the part Z) at the handle.

In the second form of construction as shown in Figs. 8 and 4, which isdesigned more particularly for use with lighter tools havingcomparatively long tangs, the bore 0 eztends through the stud (P, thethreaded part 0 and into the handle part of the wooden handle a Theferrules h and h are made of light metal, preferably aluminium, so thatthe weight of the tool handles will not be unnecessarily increased. Ifdesired, however, the ferrules can be made of cast iron, wrought iron,malleable iron and the like, it the errule be m of lig t m tal the wallof the same can be thickened at certain places so that in the boss 2' orend 2' notches is or k can be formed for receiving an attaching toolsuch as a wrench or other device soas to facilitate screwing the ferruleonto the handle. The ferrules can also have a flange m or m with acentral bore a or "A such flanges operating to partly cover the shortend of the stud d or dl so as to afford protection against damage ordestruction of the same by sudden contact with the workpiece if the toolshould slip.

Due to the smooth stud arranged in front of the threaded part of thehandle there is formed a very long guide for the tang of the tool andfor the ferrule, so that very secure clamping of the tang is obtained,and breaking out of the bore is prevented even though the bore be ofrelatively large diameter.

e now claim:

1. A tool handle, comprising, in combination, a handle proper of wood, athreaded front portion on the wooden handle, a smooth stud of reducedsection projecting beyond the front end of the threaded portion, acentral bore in the stud to receive a tool fitting tightly, and aninternally threaded metal ferrule screwed on the threaded front portionand having a smooth bore guided upon the-smooth stud, the ferrulereinforcing the central bore.

2. A tool handle, comprising, in combination, a handle proper of wood, athreaded front portion on the wooden handle, a smooth stud of reducedsection projecting beyond the front end of the threaded portion, acentral tool receiving bore in the stud extending inwardly beyond thethreads of the front portion, an internally threaded ferrule of lightmetal screwed on the threaded portion and having a smooth boreguidedupon the smooth stud, a thickened part of the ferrule having notches forfacilitating the screwing on of the ferrule and an inwardly turnedflange at the outer end of the ferrule to cover the front end of thestud, the metal ferrule effectually reinforcing the bored portion of thestud.

in testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

GONSTANTIN BILGERY. ALEXANDER REUTLINGEB-

